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Scores
Standings
WSH
@CHW		1
7
WSH
@CHW		3
4
PHA
@CLE		1
4
PHA
@CLE		3
9
BOS
@DET		3
4		 
(10)
NYY
@SLB		2
4
NYY
@SLB		3
2
CHC
@BRO		2
8
CHC
@BRO		3
4
CIN
@BSN		9
3
STL
@NYG		1
7
STL
@NYG		8
6
PIT
@PHI		7
2
PIT
@PHI		4
5		 
(11)
Sunday, May 17, 1942,
, Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 13,256, Time of Game: 2:05
Second game of doubleheader, see First game.
Athletics
3
13-20
⇐ Lost 4 ⇒
 at Indians
9
20-10
⇐ Won 2 ⇒
W: Al Milnar (2-1)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Athletics       1  0  0   0  1  0   0  0  1    3  4  0
Indians         0  4  1   0  0  4   0  0  X    9 12  2

Philadelphia Athletics

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Mike Kreevich CF 3 1 0 1 2 0 .264 .661 4 0
Pete Suder 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .287 .803 1 2
Frankie Hayes C 3 0 0 0 1 0 .277 .682 2 3
Bob Johnson LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 .311 .962 2 0 2B
Dick Siebert 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .217 .511 7 1
Elmer Valo RF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .258 .712 3 0
Buddy Blair 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .234 .683 2 1
Jack Wallaesa SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 .352 .944 2 2 3B
Russ Christopher P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .286 1 1
   Bill Beckmann P 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 1.350 0 1
   Crash Davis PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
   Dick Fowler P 1 0 1 1 0 0 .500 1.000 0 0
Team Totals 32 3 4 3 5 1 .125 .462 24 11
2B: B Johnson (10).
3B: J Wallaesa (1).
TB: B Johnson 3; J Wallaesa 3; D Fowler.
RBI: M Kreevich (11); B Johnson (30); D Fowler (1).
Team LOB: 7.

Cleveland Indians

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Roy Weatherly CF 4 0 2 2 1 0 .308 .827 4 0 3B
Oris Hockett RF 4 0 1 0 1 1 .325 .798 3 0
Lou Boudreau SS 4 1 1 0 1 0 .342 .847 2 1 CS
Jeff Heath LF 4 2 1 0 1 0 .322 .923 3 0 SB
Les Fleming 1B 4 2 1 1 1 1 .345 .948 9 2
Ken Keltner 3B 4 1 3 3 0 0 .270 .709 1 2 3B
Otto Denning C 4 0 1 1 0 0 .178 .571 1 0
Ray Mack 2B 2 1 0 0 2 0 .238 .647 2 4 SB
Al Milnar P 4 2 2 2 0 1 .143 .557 2 1 3B,2B
Team Totals 34 9 12 9 7 3 .353 1.022 27 10
2B: A Milnar (1).
3B: A Milnar (1); K Keltner (1); R Weatherly (2).
TB: K Keltner 5; A Milnar 5; R Weatherly 4; O Denning; L Boudreau; O Hockett; L Fleming; J Heath.
RBI: K Keltner 3 (27); R Weatherly 2 (12); A Milnar 2 (3); O Denning (3); L Fleming (22).
Team LOB: 8.
Fielding
E: L Boudreau 2 (6).
Baserunning
SB: J Heath (3, -1st base off  POCS); R Mack (1, -1st base off  POCS).
CS: L Boudreau (6, -1st base by  POCS).

Philadelphia Athletics

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Russ Christopher, L (2-1) 1.2 3 4 4 4 1 0 3.41 11 30
Bill Beckmann 4.1 8 5 5 3 1 0 7.08 23
Dick Fowler 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7.88 7
Team Totals 8 12 9 9 7 3 0 10.12 41 30

Cleveland Indians

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Al Milnar, W (2-1) 9 4 3 3 5 1 0 5.54 37 63
Team Totals 9 4 3 3 5 1 0 3.00 37 63
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Joe Rue, 1B - Harry Geisel, 2B - (none), 3B - Bill Grieve.
Time of Game: 2:05.
Attendance: 13,256.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Philadelphia Athletics         Cleveland Indians
1 Mike Kreevich CF 1 Roy Weatherly CF
2 Pete Suder 2B 2 Oris Hockett RF
3 Frankie Hayes C 3 Lou Boudreau SS
4 Bob Johnson LF 4 Jeff Heath LF
5 Dick Siebert 1B 5 Les Fleming 1B
6 Elmer Valo RF 6 Ken Keltner 3B
7 Buddy Blair 3B 7 Otto Denning C
8 Jack Wallaesa SS 8 Ray Mack 2B
9 Russ Christopher P 9 Al Milnar P

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